Leading academic institutions have been toppled before in centers of learning such as Berlin and Beijing. Is Boston next?

Massachusetts has a poet laureate for the first time in state history. Regie Gibson, of Lexington, was give the prestigious ...

A spoken-word poet whose work explores themes of history and hope, Gibson sees his art as ‘a means of bringing people ...

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Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history.

The celebrations are a preview of what Americans are likely to see next year as the nation highlights the July 4, 1776, ...

The school summed it up in a lawsuit seeking to block the action: "Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard." ...

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The author, Massachusetts native Michael Cloherty O'Connell, invested over $150,000 into this passion project, which was born out of his love for American history.

The author, Massachusetts native Michael Cloherty O'Connell, invested over $150,000 into this passion project, which was born ...

When people think about revolutionary war history, Boston usually gets all the glory. But before the Battles of Lexington and ...

Whether you are traveling coast to coast, just taking a day trip or something in between, enjoy books by Ron Chernow, Dave ...